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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sevier County, Tennessee
Adjacent to Sevier County, Tennessee
▶ Blount County (43) ▶ Cocke County (15) ▶ Jefferson County (23) ▶ Knox County (151) ▶ Haywood County, North Carolina (34) ▶ Swain County, North Carolina (62)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Parkway (U.S. 441) south of River Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most pristine natural areas in the eastern United States. Breathtaking mountain scenery, rushing mountain streams, and mature hardwood forests that stretch to the horizon are protected for you and . . . — — Map (db m63440) HM |
| | As the story goes..."a party of hunters come up from Knoxville an' kilt 'em a load o' bear an' drug ‘em down to the head o' the creek an' skinned ‘em. They tuk the meat but lef' the skins 'till they could come back atter 'em. Folk begun to talk . . . — — Map (db m19386) HM |
| On Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) 0.8 miles east of Chimneys Picnic Area #1 Driveway, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Can you imagine smoke wafting from the chimney-like formations on this ridge? Nearly vertical holes in the tops of these jutting rocks make them look like natural chimney flues, and mountain people named them so—Chimney Tops. The Cherokees . . . — — Map (db m71926) |
| On Walker Camp Prong (U.S. 441). |
| | This popular trail climbs to the unique summit formations the Cherokees called "Duniskwalguni," meaning forked antlers.
Mountain people thought the twin pinnacles of quartzite and slate resembled the tops of chimneys breaking through the trees. . . . — — Map (db m20069) HM |
| Near Parkway (U.S. 441) south of River Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Birthplace of Gladys Trentham Russell Author of: Call me Hillbilly It happened in the Smokies Smoky Mountain Family Album — — Map (db m63438) HM |
| On Little River Road aka Fighting Creek Gap Road. |
| | The trail ascends gradually for 1⅓ miles to Laurel Falls. It is an easy and delightful walk through a forest which was logged and ravaged by wildfire long before the park was established in 1934. For these reasons, big trees are scarce. With . . . — — Map (db m105287) HM |
| On Walker Camp Prong (U.S. 441). |
| | More precipitation falls in the Great Smoky Mountains than anywhere else in the eastern United States. The yearly average is about 890 billion gallons - over 60 inches. Forty-four percent of it is absorbed by the atmosphere and the luxuriant blanket . . . — — Map (db m20067) HM |
| On The Great Smoky Mountains Pkwy. (U.S. 441) near Cherokee Orchard Rd.. |
| | This cabin is the first house built in what is now Gatlinburg. About 1802, William Ogle selected a building site near here, in what he called "The Land of Paradise." Ogle cut and hewed the logs for the house then returned to South Carolina to bring . . . — — Map (db m19389) HM |
| | Here on top of Mount Le Conte you are standing more than one vertical mile above the valley below. Although other peaks in the park rise higher, Mount Le Conte boasts the tallest face (distance from base to summit) of any mountain east of the . . . — — Map (db m137898) HM |
| On Cherokee Orchard Road. |
| | With axe, plow, and gun, the first settlers changed the mountains, cutting into forests that were centuries old.
They called this place "Junglebrook" after the dense growths of rhododendron and magnolia that bordered the streams.
Between 1883 and . . . — — Map (db m20419) HM |
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Between 400 and 600 black bears live in the park, and you could see one almost anywhere. Most bears stay in the backcountry where they feed on grass, leaves, and acorns, fruits, berries, rodents, and carrion. Only a few visit roadsides and . . . — — Map (db m99830) HM |
| On Walker Camp Prong (U.S. 441). |
| | These twin summits of quartzite and hard slate are familiar landmarks. The peak on the right has a hole like a flue. Mountain people thought these formations looked like chimneys rising above the trees. Mountain laurel, rhododendron, blueberry, and . . . — — Map (db m20070) HM |
| Near Cherokee Orchard Road. |
| | It would be difficult to find a better place to imagine mountain life than this. Picture yourself growing up here as one of Ephraim and Minerva Bales' nine children. Look around. This was your world. Imagine yourself and 10 others living in this . . . — — Map (db m20423) HM |
| Near Parkway (U.S. 441) 0.2 miles west of Cherokee Corner Rd.. |
| | This archway is built from bricks made by the slaves of William Rober McCroskey in 1842. They are believed to be the oldest bricks in this area having been used in the first brick building erected in Sevier County. The slate roof came from the . . . — — Map (db m70486) HM |
| On Chapman Hwy (U.S. 321) near Wiley Oakley Drive. |
| | 1885 - 1954
Mountain Guide....Philosopher
Naturalist....Writer
Wiley loved his Mountains and
all God's Creatures Therein. — — Map (db m20415) HM |
| On Clingmans Dome Road 1.3 miles west of U.S. 441, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Traffic of all sorts once passed through here—Indians, explorers, Confederate soldiers, farmers with livestock herds, merchants, and families traveling for varied reasons. This is Indian Gap. The road trace that descends the hill in front of . . . — — Map (db m99069) HM |
| On Chapman Highway (Tennessee Route 441), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Knox County Established 1792; named in honor of Maj. Gen. Henry Knox Washington's Chief of Artillery in the Revolutionary War. Secretary of War in Washington's Cabinet. One of the founders and first Secretery of the Society of Cincinnati.Sevier . . . — — Map (db m100507) HM |
| On Winfield Dunn Parkway (Tennessee Route 66) at West Dumplin Valley Road, on the right when traveling south on Winfield Dunn Parkway. |
| | About 2 mi. E., at mouth of Dumplin Creek, was Henry's Station, founded by Maj. Hugh Henry. Here, the state of Franklin, represented by John Sevier, and the Cherokee Nation, represented by Ancoo, Chief of Chota, signed, on June 10, 1785, the treaty . . . — — Map (db m82598) HM |
| On Douglas Dam Road (Tennessee Route 139) 0.5 miles south of W. Dumplin Valley Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Founded by Maj. Hugh Henry, it was 300 yards from here. On June 10, 1785, the Treaty of Dumplin Creek was signed here by commissioners of the State of Franklin and the chiefs of the Cherokee Nation. Blount, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox and Sevier . . . — — Map (db m32782) HM |
| On Kelly Lane, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Prior to the creation of Seven Islands State Birding Park, several generations of the Kelly family farmed and lived on this land.
The French Broad River's "Kelly Bend" name comes from the family, however, the Kellys called it "Seclusion Bend". . . . — — Map (db m110595) HM |
| | The only treaty made by the state of Franklin was signed here after some negotiation. Commissioners were John Sevier, Alexander Outlaw, and Daniel Kennedy. Signatory Cherokee chiefs were the King of the Cherokees, Ancoo of Chota, Abraham of . . . — — Map (db m33197) HM |
| Near Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) north of Clingman's Dome Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Few places in North America sustain a greater variety of life than the Great Smoky Mountains. The forests, streams, and meadows here support more than 100 types of native trees, some 50 kinds of fish, some 1,500 flowering plants, more than 240 bird . . . — — Map (db m58920) HM |
| On Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) 0.8 miles north of Clingmans Dome Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | I do not . . . favor the scarring of a wonderful mountainside just so we can say we have a skyline drive. It sounds poetical, but it may be an atrocity. Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, 1935 It’s not easy to travel through the . . . — — Map (db m58919) HM |
| On Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) near Clingman's Dome Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | For the permanent enjoyment of the people. This park was given one-half by the peoples and states of North Carolina and Tennessee and by the United States of America, and one-half in memory of Laura Spelman Rockefeller by the Laura Spelman . . . — — Map (db m3268) HM |
| On Golf Drive at Day Springs Road, on the right on Golf Drive. |
| | Dr. Robert A. Broady, a practicing Sevier County physician from 1937 to 1983, began a dairy at this site around the 1940s with one half-breed Jersey cow. A family whose child was suffering from diphtheria needed money for treatment in Knoxville . . . — — Map (db m72720) HM |
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This cabin is a replica of the Parton home place where Lee and Avie Lee Parton raised Dolly and her 10 brothers and sisters. The replica cabin was constructed by Dolly's brother Bobby, and the interior was reproduced by her mother Avie Lee. Most . . . — — Map (db m14634) HM |
| On South River Road just north of Old Mill Ave.. |
| | At the beginning of the twentieth century, Pigeon Forge was a busy farming community. Merchants, millers, blacksmiths, and other businesses clustered around the Pigeon Forge Mills to support local agriculture. J.A. Householder and Son advertised in . . . — — Map (db m95993) HM |
| On Householder Street at Dollywood Lane, on the left when traveling north on Householder Street. |
| | Memories of First Baptist Church Pigeon Forge bring to mind a congregation whose fellowship was warm and rich, like an old homecoming and so much at ease, recalled one former pastor, Dr. William W. Cope. Baptists began meeting on River Road at a . . . — — Map (db m95995) HM |
| On Methodist Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | First United Methodist Church of Pigeon Forge was initially part of the Pigeon Forge circuit in the Knoxville District of Holston Conference. Circuit riding preachers served this church, Huskey’s Grove, Pleasant Hill, Walden’s Creek and Wear’s . . . — — Map (db m134046) HM |
| On Library Drive 0.2 miles north of Community Center Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Col. Samuel Wear built Fort Wear in this vicinity about 1781, the year that Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. Fort Wear was one of nearly a dozen forts built in the 1780s in Sevier County. Its blockhouse was made from sturdy hand-hewn logs and was . . . — — Map (db m65923) HM |
| On Henderson Springs Road 0.4 miles north of Wears Valley Rd, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Henderson’s Spring, as listed in early post office records, was a place name in the Pigeon Forge area as early as 1858, just before the Civil War. Elijah Henderson, son of William H. and Mary Catherine Cannon Henderson, and his family developed a . . . — — Map (db m74835) HM |
| On Middle Creek Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Church
By 1787, Methodist Circuit Riding Preachers were traveling throughout this vast wilderness region with a Bible and a saddlebag, ministering in frontier settlements. At Middle Creek, open-air revivals known as camp meetings were . . . — — Map (db m134045) HM |
| | Did you know…*Our National bird is of the order falconiformes and first appeared 25 million years ago. It is the only native American eagle & the only eagle species living strictly in North America.
*This regal-looking bird is a superb hunter. . . . — — Map (db m99829) HM |
| On The Great Smoky Mountains Highway (U.S. 441), in the median. |
| | About 3/4 mile southeast, Isaac Love
operated a forge on the site of
the flour mill on Pigeon River
in 1820, making bar iron. Ore came
from an orebank about 3 miles
east, later, pig-iron came from
Sweden Furnace, 5 miles east. Forge
hammer . . . — — Map (db m82600) HM |
| On Parkway/Hwy 441, on the right when traveling south. |
| | When Pigeon Forge began transforming itself from a quiet farming community into one focused on tourism, the town adopted the slogan “Action-Packed.” It’s an appropriate description evidenced by the diversity and sheer number of . . . — — Map (db m134050) HM |
| Near Old Mill Avenue 0.2 miles east of The Parkway and Old Mill Avenue. |
| | The Sevier County School Board purchased a piece of land on the old James L. Gobble farm for a brand new Pigeon Forge schoolhouse on September 1, 1917 and paid five hundred dollars. It was located on a knoll northeast of this marker between Middle . . . — — Map (db m74838) HM |
| Near Old Mill Avenue 0.1 miles east of Parkway (U.S. 441). |
| | Before white settlers arrived, Native Americans called this river “Pigeon” or “woyi.”
Countless numbers of wild passenger pigeons gathered at this natural habitat of abundant beech and oak trees. Their sheer numbers . . . — — Map (db m66133) HM |
| On Veteran's Boulevard (Tennessee Route 449) 0.1 miles north of Dollywood Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Pictured is locomotive # 20. It ran along Smoky Mountain Railroad tracks and possibly traveled into Pigeon Forge on the Pigeon River Railroad line just before the line was abandoned about 1929. The Pigeon River Railroad was incorporated in August . . . — — Map (db m65919) HM |
| | Pine Grove was once a rural community of sprawling farmlands before it was enveloped by the rapidly expanding vacation city of Pigeon Forge in the early 1980s. The frontier settlement first became known as Fort Wear in the 1780s when Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m123730) HM |
| | This memorial
is dedicated to
the memory of
the veterans of Sevier County
who gave their lives
to defend our country
World War I
United States Army
Allen, Lavator L. ∙ Atchley, Amos ∙ Blazer, Victor ∙ Cate, Ashley J. . . . — — Map (db m82939) HM |
| On Henderson Chapel Drive. |
| | in 1802 Methodist Bishop Francis
Asbury preached in the home
of Mitchel Porter, Revolutionary
Veteran, who lived 2 miles north
of Sevier County and preached
in the newly built log chapel,
400 yards west of here. Shiloh
Cemetery grew up around . . . — — Map (db m17197) HM |
| On The Great Smoky Mountains Highway (Route 441) at Henderson Chapel Drive, on the right when traveling south on The Great Smoky Mountains Highway. |
| | in 1802 Methodist Bishop Francis
Asbury preached in the home
of Mitchel Porter, Revolutionary
Veteran, who lived 2 miles north
of Sevier County and preached
in the newly built log chapel,
400 yards west of here. Shiloh
Cemetery grew up around . . . — — Map (db m17199) HM |
| On Parkway (U.S. 441), on the right when traveling south. |
| | In memory of those who lost their lives — — Map (db m58479) HM |
| On Parkway (U.S. 441), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The center anchor weighed 16.8 US tons, almost twice the weight of the standard port and starboard anchors which weighed 8.84 US tons each. The replica of this anchor will give you an idea how massive the center anchor was on the Titanic. — — Map (db m58478) HM |
| On Old Mill Avenue west of Old Mill Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | When the Civil War began, Sevier County Unionists at first operated quietly in secessionist Tennessee. In 1861, they set up a secret garment factory in the second floor of this mill and made cloth for uniforms. They also made shoes for Federal . . . — — Map (db m65704) HM |
| On The Great Somky Mountains Highway (Route 441). |
| | Col. Samuel Wear settled near the Mouth of Waldens Creek in 1783. He fought at Kings Mountain and later in Indian Wars, was first county court clerk of Sevier County. State of Franklin, and held the same office later under the territorial government . . . — — Map (db m17201) HM |
| On Fox Cemetery Road 0.1 miles south of Newport Highway (U.S. 411), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here was an early German settlement. First settlers were Jacob Derrick, Jacob Bird, and Adam Fox. A fort stood on Derrick's land nearby. Mark Fox was killed by Indians on Muddy Creek, 1787; he was buried in Fox Cemetery. An early Lutheran church is . . . — — Map (db m40732) HM |
| Near Jim Hickman Drive north of Old Newport Highway, on the left when traveling west. |
| | On January 25, 1864, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet ordered Gen. William T. Martin to eject Union cavalry from an area south of the French Broad River stretching from Dandridge to the Little Pigeon River. The next day, Union Gen. Samuel D. . . . — — Map (db m110558) HM |
| On Joy Street east of Court Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This Property Has Been Placed on the National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m135189) HM |
| | 100 yards N.E. this Baptist Church,
established 1789, was reportedly
the first of any denomination in
Sevier County. Spencer Clack, a
Revolutionary veteran, was first
church clerk; Richard Wood first
pastor until his death in 1831.
The . . . — — Map (db m17100) HM |
| On Main St. (Route 441) at Forks of the River Parkway (Route 71), on the right when traveling west on Main St.. |
| | 100 yds, N. E. this Baptist Church, established 1789, was reportedly the first of any denomination in Sevier County. Spencer Clack, Revolutionary veteran was first church clerk; Richard Wood; first pastor until his death in 1831. The Church moved to . . . — — Map (db m62675) HM |
| | This churchyard is one of the oldest Baptist churchyards in Tennessee, (Established in 1789). It is the final resting place for many prominent pioneers. Deeded to the City of Sevierville by The First Baptist Church of Sevierville in 1975. It was . . . — — Map (db m17110) HM |
| Near North Parkway just from E. Main Street. |
| | Established in 1976 as a community bicentennial project, this park is significant because it is both the final resting place for several early settlers and decision makers and it is one of the last undeveloped areas that was part of the State of . . . — — Map (db m38417) HM |
| On Old Covered Bridge Road at Harrisburg Road, on the right when traveling west on Old Covered Bridge Road. |
| | The Harrisburg Covered Bridge, located in Sevier County, Tennessee, was built by Elbert Stephenson Early in 1875 and restored in 1972. That restoration was a joint effort through the Great Smokies Chapter and the Spencer Clark Chapter of the . . . — — Map (db m40731) HM |
| On Old Covered Bridge Road at Harrisburg Road on Old Covered Bridge Road. |
| | 400 yards south, this bridge was built over the East Fork of the Little Pigeon River in 1875 by Elbert Stephenson Early, an area resident who owned Newport Mills. The bridge had deteriorated and its loss was threatened until it was restored in 1972 . . . — — Map (db m82601) HM |
| On Commerce Street west of Court Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Pioneer settler of Sevier Co. Named Sevier Co. for his friend the great John Sevier Member Convention 1796 Member Legislature 1801 Served under Gen. Washington in Revolutionary War Erected by The Spencer Clack Chapter Daughters of The . . . — — Map (db m135190) HM WM |
| On Commerce Street near Ct Avenue. |
| | A native of Sevier County, Isaac Dockery, an African-American brick maker and mason, established brick kilns near Sevierville. After the Civil War, he built or made bricks for many buildings in Sevierville including the Masonic Lodge (1893), New . . . — — Map (db m82669) HM |
| On W. Main St (U.S. 441). |
| | A soldier of the American Revolution, Isaac Thomas guided John Sevier's army to King's Mountain as well as serving with him in many battles against the Indians. Believed to be the first permanent white settler in this area, Thomas lived with and . . . — — Map (db m82670) HM |
| On West Main Street (U.S. 411) at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | Benefactor of Murphy College 1890-1936, for whom it was named, this prominent farmer and merchant first come to Sevierville as a tanner in 1833. He returned again to Sevier county 1847 with his wife, Mary “Polly” Smith (1811-1894), . . . — — Map (db m52079) HM |
| On W Maine Street (U.S. 441) at Court Avenue on W Maine Street. |
| | First Register of deeds of Sevier County, Tennessee, in 1796, James McMahan set aside the original twenty-five acres for the creation of the township at "The Forks of The Little Pigeon" in 1795. An immigrant from Ireland, McMahan was married to . . . — — Map (db m17107) HM |
| On The Great Smoky Mountains Highway (U.S. 441). |
| | Born 1/4 mi. SE, Aug. 19 1815. Graduate USMA, 1840. Brevetted captain at Cerro Gordo, Mexican War. Resigned 1861 for the Confederacy; rose to rank of major general. Commanded at New Madrid, Madrid Bend, Island No. 10 and later East Tenn. Dept. . . . — — Map (db m82671) HM |
| | The eastern terminal of this 28-mile shortline
stood southwest of this site. It was established
in 1907 by Knoxville industrialist W.J. Oliver
and constructed by his firm. The KS & E and
its successor companies were dubbed "Knoxville,
Slow & . . . — — Map (db m82672) HM |
| On The Great Smoky Mountains Highway (U.S. 441), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Founded on this site in 1806, this school was named for Nancy Rogers, first white child born south of French Broad River. First trustees were James Reagan Hopkins Lacey, Thomas Hill, Allen Bryant, Isaac Love. The Legislature authorized a lottery to . . . — — Map (db m17195) HM |
| Near Eastgate Road west of Henderson Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Isaac Dockery, an African-American artisan, along with African-American families of Sevierville, built New Salem Baptist Church in 1886. It is Sevierville's oldest surviving building and the county's oldest brick church and only historic . . . — — Map (db m133730) HM |
| Near Eastgate Road west of Henderson Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Built as a Union church for the worship of any denomination that chose to use it.
Leaders in the church movement were Isaac Dockery, Alf McMahan, John Burden, Mrs. Addie McMahan, Mrs. Nancy Coleman and Witt McMahan.
Squire and Mrs. Bob . . . — — Map (db m133837) HM |
| On Court Avenue at W Bruce Street on Court Avenue. |
| | Dedicated to the
Sevier County Veterans
Past - Present - Future
Nov. 11, 1995
Vernon Dale Gillespie, Sculptor
Separate Marker:
Honor list of dead
Sevier Countians who have given their lives during and since World War I . . . — — Map (db m17159) WM |
| | Settled about 1783, this town, first
called "Forks of Little Pigeon," was
organized as county seat of Sevier
Co.,1795. Indian trader, Isaac Thomas'
home was first courthouse, fort and
tavern. Jas. McMahon gave 25 acre
tract for the town, which . . . — — Map (db m17102) HM |
| On Long Springs Road (Tennessee Route 339) at Newport Highway (Tennessee Route 411), on the left when traveling north on Long Springs Road. |
| | 5 miles northwest, this was first called Short Mountain Furnace, using local orebank ore. Started about 1820 by Robert Shields; William K. Love and brothers operated it about 1830. Micajah C. Rogers bought it and changed its name in 1836. It closed . . . — — Map (db m100497) HM |
| On West Main Street (U.S. 411) at Court Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | Several attempts were made in the incorporation of the city of Sevierville since its founding in 1795, but it was not until 1901 that a continuous chartered city government was established. Ambrose M. Paine was elected Sevierville's first mayor on . . . — — Map (db m52081) HM |
| On Chapman Hwy /The Great Smoky Mountains Hwy. (Route 441), on the right when traveling south. |
| | This Mississippian substructure,16 ft. high and 240 ft.in circumference, built during the Dallas phase (1200-1500), was first excavated in 1881, with artifacts being sent to the Smithsonian. Later excavations exposed nearby villages of the Woodland . . . — — Map (db m17194) HM |
| | A soldier of the colonial army of 1776, and a veteran of the American Revolution, 1776-1781, Thomas Atchley served alongside private Andrew Jackson in 1794 under the command of Brigadier General James Robertson in the Indian Wars of the lower . . . — — Map (db m17103) HM |
| On W. Main St (U.S. 441). |
| | A soldier of The American Revolution, Timothy Reagan fought in the Battle of Brandywine in 1777 with Major General Marquis de Lafayette where both men were wounded in 1795, Reagan forged into the wilderness of The Middle Creek area of Sevier County . . . — — Map (db m17105) HM |
| On West Main Street at Court Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | One of the many volunteers of the War of 1812 which earned Tennessee its nickname, William Whaley came to Sevier County in 1810. A farmer and later Baptist minister, Whaley married in 1811 Mary Ann Ogle (1793-1880). A resident of the White Oak Flats . . . — — Map (db m52080) HM |
| On Chapman Highway (U.S. 441,) 0.5 miles south of Boyd's Creek Highway (Tennessee Route TN 35), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Early fort established here, 1783 by settlers in Boyd's Creek Valley. Samuel Newell, Revolutionary Captain, was leader of the settlement. Sevier Co., state of Franklin, held its first court here. Also seat of government for the . . . — — Map (db m32780) HM |
| On Chapman Highway (U.S. 441) 2 miles south of 411 and 441 (U.S. 411). |
| | A branch of the Great Indian War & Trading Path came up the valley of this creek, named for a Virginia trader killed by Indians in 1775. Col. William Christian's punitive expedition used it in 1776, crossing the French Broad River. John Sevier broke . . . — — Map (db m32686) HM |
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